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19 December 2025, 14:16

Putin describes Lukashenko's speech at Belarusian People's Congress as ‘powerful, insightful’ 

Vladimir Putin/kremlin.ru
Vladimir Putin/kremlin.ru
MOSCOW, 19 December (BelTA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he watched the live broadcast of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko's address at the Belarusian People's Congress the previous day as he held a major end-of-year news conference in Moscow, BelTA has learned.
"Yesterday I watched the live broadcast of the Belarusian president's speech at the Belarusian People's Congress. I must congratulate him. It was a very emotional, powerful and insightful’ address,” Vladimir Putin said.

“I want to express my gratitude to him for his assessment of the state of Russian-Belarusian relations,” the Russian president added.
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